1929_Brooklyn_Robins_season Knowpia

1929 Brooklyn Robins
1929 Brooklyn Robins
League	National League
Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
President	Wilbert Robinson
Managers	Wilbert Robinson
	← 1928 1930 →

The 1929 Brooklyn Robins finished the season in sixth place for the fifth straight season.

Offseason edit

December 11, 1929: Jesse Petty and Harry Riconda were traded by the Robins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Glenn Wright.^[1]

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	98	54	0.645	—	52–25	46–29
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	65	0.575	10½	45–31	43–34
New York Giants	84	67	0.556	13½	39–37	45–30
St. Louis Cardinals	78	74	0.513	20	43–32	35–42
Philadelphia Phillies	71	82	0.464	27½	39–37	32–45
Brooklyn Robins	70	83	0.458	28½	42–35	28–48
Cincinnati Reds	66	88	0.429	33	38–39	28–49
Boston Braves	56	98	0.364	43	34–43	22–55

1929 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	11–11	7–15	8–14	9–13	5–17	8–14	8–14
Brooklyn	11–11	—	6–16	11–11	14–7	9–13	9–13	10–12
Chicago	15–7	16–6	—	14–8–1	12–10–1	17–5–1	9–13	15–5–1
Cincinnati	14–8	11–11	8–14–1	—	10–12	11–11	9–13	3–19
New York	13–9	7–14	10–12–1	12–10	—	16–5	13–8	13–9
Philadelphia	17–5	13–9	5–17–1	11–11	5–16	—	11–11	9–13
Pittsburgh	14–8	13–9	13–9	13–9	8–13	11–11	—	16–6–1
St. Louis	14–8	12–10	5–15–1	19–3	9–13	13–9	6–16–1	—

April 18, 1929: Johnny Gooch and Rube Ehrhardt were traded by the Robins to the Cincinnati Reds for Val Picinich.^[2]
July 24, 1929: Lou Koupal was traded by the Robins to the Philadelphia Phillies for Luther Roy.^[3]

1929 Brooklyn Robins

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Val Picinich	93	273	71	.260	4	31
1B	Del Bissonette	116	431	121	.281	12	75
2B	Eddie Moore	111	402	119	.296	0	48
3B	Wally Gilbert	143	569	173	.304	3	58
SS	Dave Bancroft	104	358	99	.277	1	44
OF	Johnny Frederick	148	628	206	.328	24	75
OF	Babe Herman	146	569	217	.381	21	113
OF	Rube Bressler	136	456	145	.318	9	77

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Harvey Hendrick	110	384	136	.354	14	82
Hank DeBerry	68	210	55	.262	1	25
Billy Rhiel	76	205	57	.278	4	25
Jake Flowers	46	130	26	.200	1	16
Butch Henline	27	62	15	.242	1	7
Jack Warner	17	62	17	.274	0	4
Nick Cullop	13	41	8	.195	1	5
Glenn Wright	24	25	5	.200	1	6
Max Carey	19	23	7	.304	0	1
Max West	5	8	2	.250	0	1
Johnny Gooch	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Watty Clark	41	279.0	16	19	3.74	140
Dazzy Vance	31	231.1	14	13	3.89	126
Doug McWeeny	36	146.0	4	10	6.10	59
Alex Ferguson	3	2.0	0	1	22.50	1

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ray Moss	39	182.0	11	6	5.04	59
Clise Dudley	35	156.2	6	14	5.69	33
Johnny Morrison	39	136.2	13	7	4.48	57
Jumbo Elliott	6	19.0	1	2	6.63	7
Bobo Newsom	3	9.1	0	3	10.61	6

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Cy Moore	32	3	3	2	5.56	17
Win Ballou	25	2	3	0	6.71	20
Lou Koupal	18	0	1	4	5.36	17
Kent Greenfield	6	0	0	0	8.31	1
Jimmy Pattison	6	0	1	0	4.63	5
Joe Bradshaw	2	0	0	0	4.50	1
Luther Roy	2	0	0	0	4.91	0
Clarence Blethen	2	0	0	0	9.00	0